“Regional hospitals are already struggling with workforce shortages, long waiting lists and limited specialist access. The last thing they need is Canberra pushing more patients into the public system. This is bad policy for older Australians.

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Labor is complicating this policy gaffe by increasing provider fees while fixing the veterans' annual allied health envelope at $5,000.

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The coalition believes the government had settled on a 2.5 per cent charge rate on a digital platform's advertising revenue, which was too low. We have argued the levy should increase to 2.75 per cent.

I have one question for the Albanese government. Why do they hate farmers? What we have on the table now is productive farms becoming carbon sinks or hotels pests, vermin and diseases, .

Pensioners worked, saved and paid for private health insurance. Labor is now forcing many to choose: pay more, downgrade or drop cover.

Our best farmland must stay productive. At Nationals conference, we stood up for farmers, food security and the right to farm, not carbon sinks.

“I proudly voted for successful motions moved by The Nationals for Regional Victoria making it clear The Nationals, across the nation, will not let energy and mineral sands mining trash our farmland or disrespect our farmers.”